8K Android TV Box 13.0 4GB RAM 32GB ROM RK3528 Chipset Support WiFi6 HDR10 BT5.0 USB3.0 Ethernet LAN 3D HD Smart Streaming Media Player

Android TV
Update: Are you having issues with sound and playback of Max (formally HBO Max) on this device? Go to the bottom for my fix.I have several FireTV sticks, Roku boxes, Roku TVs, many game systems that have media apps on them, and an Android TV box that is identical, except it has 4GB of RAM and 64GB of eMMC storage. So I got this to compare. The remote needs 2 AAA batteries, which I didn’t have on me initially. I would have liked to have known to buy them.Pros:- Small and lightweight, low-energy box. In comparison to similar devices, this one is quite lightweight.- It has many great features, Wifi 6, 2GB RAM, and a decent CPU. That’s all great.- Supports 8K, but unfortunately, I have nothing higher than 4K, so I can not confirm that it outputs 8K.- It has a mouse mode that can be activated by clicking the button above the “1” button. Read my note below*- It has all major media apps from the built-in app store, but you’re always free to use the Google Play store.- I have seen no lag, stutter, audio problems, or otherwise from playing media files whether streaming on Hulu, Disney+, etc. or through my NAS.Cons:- The keyboard it comes with is difficult to use. The keys are skewed and it makes it hard to type things in.- I was not able to select “English (United States)” only “English (UK)” which are not the same. The dialects have subtle differences in spelling and many different idioms.- The remote control uses IR instead of Bluetooth, and this is very disadvantageous as not pointing in the right direction just causes it to ignore me.- I noticed that when I hold down the directional buttons, that it always goes 1 or 2 steps over what I’m trying to select. It lags just ever so lightly when it goes from being held down to not being held down.On the fence:- I don’t believe the HDMI cable that comes with it is 8K to be honest. My 4K HDMI cables are quite bulky and the one 8K HDMI cable I have is extremely bulky. These looked like older HDMI cables that only support 1080p (FHD).Notes:- * Mouse mode will allow you to install apps that knowingly track you like “ES File Manager”. Personally, I don’t care if it tracks me, because it allows me to play local media files from my NAS, when VLC can’t by default. However, I recommend MX Player Pro from the Google Play store instead if you have a money and therefore a choice, since it has better video/audio sync support (in comparison, VLC desyncs often with certain files). You can get to the Google Play store by going to the app list and showing all apps. You can then open it and log in to your Google account. I already owned MX Player Pro, so it was a synch to get it up and running and then I loaded a custom codec pack.- I attempted to run a game I own, by backing it up, copying it, and then side-loading it. Unfortunately, this game is not compatible with the system, so unfortunately, I could not say whether or not it would play full games (not mobile stuff). The game I was testing was Disgaea 1 Complete. Now I saw Disgaea 4, but I was not going to buy it just for these tests. If I purchase it in the future, I will amend this note.- This review is almost identical to my review of the “RUPA” brand version of this same exact product. It was produced by the same factory in China, and the box, packaging, cables, remote control, etc. are all identical, so there was not really anything to add. What I was surprised about was that it ran pretty much as well the more expensive RUPA-branded 4GB RAM/64GB eMMC. It just doesn’t have as much room to store apps. I wasn’t really able to see how 2GB instead of 4GB of RAM caused any significant difference.- I hadn’t tested Max (formally HBO Max) on this box until today, when I made this amendment to my review. It had no sound, was lagging, and I was frustratingly switching HDMI cables, disabling what I thought would fix it, looking up how to fix it and nothing worked. Then, I saw something that caught my eye. Go to settings which is a gear in the top-right bar. After that go to “Device Preferences” then go to “Decode and Bitstream”, then to “Audio Device”, and click on “Decode” instead of the default “HDMI Bitstream.” Now the audio in Max should work and make sure to wait before clicking anything because Max crashes if you don’t wait for it to load up.- Update 2: So, I was having to install different versions of Max, phone and TV versions, and consistently had issues with movies that required Dolby HD sound. This may be a limitation of the app as it would play sound in one version of Max and not the other for the same video. Overall, the experience was frustrating. If you want to use Max, I don’t and can’t recommend this Android TV box.

Works perfectly
Like most people I already own a smart TV. But my tv’s streaming apps are buggy with no way of updating them. This little box allowed me to stream YouTube without the bugs, and it let me download the Hulu TV app thru the Google Store. It’s nice to have this option when your smart TV won’t let ya download / update apps. No more streaming bugs. Works perfectly via HDMI cable. Cheaper than a new smart TV anyway.

Product is as advertised
Product is used for home entertainment

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